Overview

• Spain’s defense ministry said an A330 carrying Minister Margarita Robles experienced an attempted GPS disruption near Russia’s Kaliningrad, though encrypted systems kept the flight unaffected.
• NATO’s North Atlantic Council, meeting under Article 4 at Estonia’s request, condemned the 19 September MiG-31 overflight and highlighted a wider pattern of recent violations affecting Poland, Romania, Norway and others.
• The alliance announced its Eastern Sentry posture earlier this month to bolster air defenses along the eastern flank, with allied jets intercepting and escorting Russian aircraft and shooting down some drones over Poland.
• Public divisions deepened as leaders including President Donald Trump, Ursula von der Leyen, Poland and Baltic officials endorsed the option of downing intruding jets, while Germany urged restraint and caution against escalation.
• NATO’s top Europe commander noted that shooting down manned aircraft carries higher escalation risks and suggested the Estonian airspace breach may have been accidental, as Moscow dismissed violation claims as unfounded “hysteria.”